London afternoon: Advance stalls
22nd Jul 2010 14:28
Shares moved sideways over the lunch-time session with investors keeping their powder dry ahead of day two of US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in the US Senate. Yesterday the Fed chairman's downbeat comments stopped a Wall Street rise in its tracks. Outsourcing giant Capita is s
Read moreLondon midday: Morning ends on a high
22nd Jul 2010 12:11
Better than expected UK retail sales gave equities a mid-morning boost and the FTSE 100 index finished the morning session close to its highest point of the day so far. Britons building up supplies for last month's World Cup, the good weather and further discounting had retail sales up smartly in J
Read moreLondon open: Footsie follows US stocks lower
22nd Jul 2010 08:24
London's top stocks opened slightly lower on Thursday following falls on Wall Street overnight. US stocks fell back after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to US congress. The Fed chief warned the economic outlook remains "unusually uncertain," but he gave few clues on what measures
Read moreSector movers: Technology stocks in demand
13th Jul 2010 12:41
On a buoyant day for the markets generally, one of today's best performing sectors is technology hardware and equipment. Among the strong performers in the sector is Seeing Machines, a developer of advanced vision based industrial systems, which perked up after it said that a production license fo
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Gooch & Housego, Pinnacle Telecom, Clyde Process Solution
13th Jul 2010 10:52
Shares in Gooch & Housego jumped after the optical components and systems maker upped its expectations for revenues and profits for the year ending 30 September. Investors cheered news that Pinnacle Telecom has been awarded a £750,000 one-year contract to supply integrated telecommunications for Gr
Read moreSeeing Machines: Pillar Vision Buys Production License For Software
13th Jul 2010 07:46
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Seeing Machines Limited (SEE.LN), a developer of advanced vision based industrial systems, Tuesday announces a production license for the Company's API tracking software suite has been acquired by Pillar Vision Inc., of Athens, AL, U.S. MAIN FACTS: -Pillar Vision, a devel
Read moreSmall caps: Charlemagne, Sinosoft, Savile
9th Jul 2010 13:05
Hedge fund group Charlemagne Capital's assets under management fell 9.5% to $2.76bn from $3.05bn in the half year to June. Net management fees receivable were $10.4m compared with $8.4m, reflecting the higher average assets under management in the first half of 2010. "Charlemagne's investment perfo
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Skyepharma Slides On New Flutiform Blow
24th Jun 2010 16:00
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps SKYEPHARMA PLC (SKP.LN) shares fell to a new low Thursday after the drug developer said its hopes of launching asthma treatment Flutiform in the U.S. wer
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Bankers IT, Asian Plant, D1 Oils
24th Jun 2010 13:06
Bankers IT says its net asset value per share was 448.7p as at 30 April, up 12.2% from the 399.9p on 31 October. The FTSE 100 rose 10.8% during that time. Profit before tax for the half-year to April increased to £61m from £18m a year ago and compares with £79.9m made in the year to October 2009. M
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Hong Kong's MiLOC Group Plans AIM IPO
24th Jun 2010 12:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps MILOC GROUP, a Hong Kong-based healthcare company, is planning an initial public offering in London to raise funds to establish a network of traditional
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: DS Smith Eyes Less Cyclical Business
24th Jun 2010 09:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps DS SMITH PLC (SMDS.LN), a packaging company, Thursday said it is targeting higher returns and less cyclical business as part of a major company review.
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Angel Bio, AFC, Seeing Machines...
13th Apr 2010 14:06
Contract bio-manufacturing company Angel Biotechnology saw an almost four-fold increase in the value of contracts signed in 2009, as its revenue surged 55% to £1.48m from £0.95m in 2008. Loss before tax narrowed to £0.75m from £1.09m the year before. "The business development activities are delive
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Speymill, Biofutures, Empyrean Energy
9th Apr 2010 07:19
Property services firm Speymill said trading for the year ended 31 December 2009 was in line with current market expectations. Biofutures said construction on site continues to progress as planned and off-site steel structure fabrication work is also progressing well. "Fabrication is well advance
Read moreLondon midday: Miners drive Footsie higher
1st Apr 2010 11:59
Resource stocks drove Footsie higher this morning ahead of the Easter break as commodity prices advance. Manufacturing activity has accelerated in China, while confidence in the Japanese manufacturing sector also improved. Xstrata, Randgold Resources, Rio Tinto and Vedanta Resources are the best p
Read moreLondon open: Miners and retailers in focus
1st Apr 2010 08:13
Miners are leading London's top stocks higher in early dealings, while investors also ponder a mixed bag of retail-related updates. Xstrata, Randgold Resources, Rio Tinto and Vedanta Resources are the best performers in the mining sector. The cold snap in the early part of the year and tougher com
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